Book guide
Ada Blackjack
The remarkable true story of the lone survivor of a disastrous Arctic expedition.
GenresNon-FictionAdventure
Genre and trope pairingsAdventureExpedition
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About Ada Blackjack
In 1921, Inuit seamstress Ada Blackjack joined four men attempting to colonise remote Wrangel Island. Two years later she emerged as the expedition’s sole survivor. Using diaries and interviews, Niven tells how an inexperienced young mother endured isolation, starvation and Arctic conditions, then faced sensational claims about what happened.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- death
- scurvy
- extreme survival conditions
